My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church.

When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people trying too hard.

David Sedaris

A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.

William Shakespeare

I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when they let their curves show.

Vanessa Marcil

Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing,Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before

Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

Any architectural project we do takes at least four or five years, so increasingly there is a discrepancy between the acceleration of culture and the continuing slowness of architecture.

Rem Koolhaas

Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can break hearts.

Tim Minchin

It is a characteristic of all movements and crusades that the psychopathic element rises to the top.

Robert Lindner

I'm really happy here. I think anyone who knows me well, and the fans too I hope, they know that I love the area, and the bond that I've had with the fans has been fantastic.

Frank Lampard

I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!

Nancy Kerrigan

The best of it is, God is with us.

John Wesley

Anymore, no one's mind is their own.

Chuck Palahniuk

Herein is not only a great vanity, but a great contempt of God's good gifts, that the sweetness of man's breath, being a good gift of God, should be wilfully corrupted by this stinking smoke.

King James I, A Counterblast to